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Million Dollar Baby

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

Million Dollar Baby

2004

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie ...

8.0

167,488

Drama Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) has trained and managed some incredible fighters during a lifetime spent in the ring. The most important lesson he teaches his boxers is the one that rules his life: above all, always protect yourself. In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, Frankie has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time. His only friend is Scrap (Morgan Freeman), an ex-boxer who looks ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"'Million Dollar Baby' is the best movie released by a major Hollywood studio this year, and not because it is the grandest, the most ambitious or even the most original. On the contrary: it is a quiet, intimately scaled three-person drama directed in a patient, easygoing style"	POS
United States	Mike Clark USA Today	"As good as 'Unforgiven'. Or, to put it another way, as good as any movie Eastwood has ever directed.(…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"'Million Dollar Baby' feel so wonderfully antiquated, so blissfully free of postmodern cleverness (...) As Maggie, Swank is a package of dynamite"	POS
United States	Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader	"[Eastwood] is at the mercy of his scripts. But in 'Million Dollar Baby' he's got a terrific one (...) The performances of the three leads are perfect"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Staying at the top of his game when most of his contemporaries have long since hung up their gloves, Clint Eastwood delivers another knockout punch with 'Million Dollar Baby.'"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"'Million Dollar Baby' is a masterpiece, pure and simple, deep and true (...) Hilary Swank is astonishing as Maggie. Every note is true (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Rob Mackie The Guardian	"It's pared to the bone to give us the very essence of its three memorable central characters (...) Its washed-out noir look makes it stand out visually (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Colin Kennedy Empire	"Eastwood tells his story at his own unhurried pace, in his own unadorned style (...) This one floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"[It] may be the best American film of 2004 (...) While 'Million Dollar Baby' carries a hefty spiritual load, it’s also very funny (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"Eastwood allows the gentle masculinity of his recent roles to seep into the entire movie, creating a haunted tone that transforms an underdog sports film into something as intimate as a whisper."	POS
United States	Paul Clinton CNN	"The film works on every level -- acting, direction and production (...) Eastwood remains one of the finest directors working today. He pulls the best from his actors"	POS

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